2024-03-02 08:24:11
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A UN investigation team confirmed that more than 200 injured people were currently receiving treatment at Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza Strip.
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Hundreds of civilians were killed in a truck carrying relief supplies in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and many of the injured suffered gunshot wounds, a United Nations (UN) investigation team said.
The UN investigation team confirmed that more than 200 injured people were currently receiving treatment at Al Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, claimed that the Israeli military fired at civilians, while Israel claimed that the crowd of people fleeing following warning shots were stampeded to death.
The international community, including the UK, requested a full investigation into this accident.
On the morning of the 29th (local time), hundreds of people gathered around a relief goods transport truck that was moving along the coastal road southwest of Gaza City.
The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned that northern Gaza, with an estimated 300,000 residents, is facing imminent famine as it has received little aid in recent weeks.
Video footage from the scene on the 29th shows the sound of gunshots, people scrambling on top of a transport truck, and people taking refuge behind the vehicle.
The Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry said at least 112 people were killed and 760 injured in the accident.
Major General Dainel Hagari, chief spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), claimed, “People were pushing and stepping on each other, causing injuries.”
Israeli Army Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner claimed that “rioters attacked the convoy” and that the Israelis “tried to disperse the crowd by firing several warning shots.”
Former Ambassador Mark Regev, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s foreign affairs adviser, told CNN that Israel was not directly involved in any way and claimed that a “Palestinian armed group” carried out the shooting, but provided no evidence for this. .
Meanwhile, on the 1st, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced that the UN investigation team confirmed that one of the survivors had been injured by a gunshot at Al Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
Mohammed Salha, acting director of Al-Awada Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, previously told the BBC that 142 of the 176 injured people being treated at the hospital had gunshot wounds.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said something “horrendous” like this should never happen once more and that “there must be an urgent investigation and accountability.”
Cameron also said the incident might not be separated from the “insufficient aid” being sent to Gaza, adding that the current level of aid was “unacceptable”.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden said, “Innocent people are caught up in the war and are no longer able to take care of their families’ livelihoods,” and announced that the United States would soon drop air relief supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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Gaza’s health ministry said at least 112 people were killed and 760 injured in the accident.
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